OH, the “precious blood” of Jesus
Is everything to me,
It tells me of salvation,
Of pardon, full and free.
I know that I’m forgiven
All through that precious blood
I’m on my way to heaven,
And I have peace with God.
Peace for the guilty conscience,
Peace for the heart opprest;
The precious blood of Jesus
Alone can give me rest.
Where art thou, careless sinner?
Oh, let me counsel thee,
The storm of wrath is coming,
To Jesus quickly, flee!
Oh may the Holy Spirit
Thy lost condition show;
There is one place of shelter
Amid earth’s sin and woe,
One only place of safety
From th’ o’erwhelming flood,
One spot where God can meet thee, ―
‘Tis underneath, the blood!
Great is the power of Satan
And numberless his wiles;
But I am trusting Jesus,
My Saviour on me smiles.
“Dear soul, I paid thy ransom,
I paid it on the tree,
My arms of love are round thee,
Dear child, ‘abide in Me.’”
And I am saved forever!
“Forever,” saith the Lord;
“My sheep shall never perish,”
Oh blessed, blessed word!
Lord Jesus, Thou hast bought me,
Redeemed me for Thine own,
My heart is Thine, dear Saviour,
Oh, keep me, Thine alone!
And as I journey onward
To that bright home above,
Though many be my trials,
I’ll rest upon Thy love.
My never-changing Saviour
Thou “faithful” art and “true,”
Help me to tell the “story,”
So “old,” yet ever new!
The “precious blood” that “cleanseth”
Still all my theme shall be,
Until that wondrous moment,
When Thy dear face I see!
That face once marr’d and bruised, ―
That brow, once crown’d with thorn,
Now radiant in glory,
Which “many crowns” adorn.
Then shall I fall before Thee
In adoration deep,
And praise Thee for the mercy
That found Thy wand’ring sheep!
But Thou halt “other” lost ones,
Astray on mountains cold,
Oh teach me, gracious Shepherd,
To guide them to Thy fold.
Strong is Thy loving purpose,
“Them also I must bring,”
And they too, safely gathered,
For aye Thy praise shall sing.
When thou mak’st up Thy “jewels,”
To shine in beauty fair,
Of all our own dear lov’d ones
May none be wanting there!
J. V.
FAITH is the soul’s reception of a divine testimony Repentance is the result in the soul of the recaption of that divine testimony. God said, “So shall thy seed be,” and “Abraham believed God.” That was faith. “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown,” cried the prophet. “So the people of Nineveh believed God (faith), and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth.” This was repentance for the Lord Jesus says, “They repented at the preaching of Jonas.” Repentance is the after thought which the soul has when it hears God’s voice. It is self-judgment, self-loathing. It is taking God’s part against myself, ever a blessed, though for the moment, a bitter process. W. T. P. W.